Kohlberg's original Chicago study was replicated on a comparable sample of British boys. Considers the extent to which the replication confirms Kohlberg's system of moral development. Examines some theoretical and methodological problems associated with the system and analyzes the prerequisites for future development of theory. (Editor/RK)

A recent critique of Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental approach to morality by Kurtines and Grief (1974) is examined in detail. Results find that empirical support for the "stage" and "sequence" components of Kohlberg's theory is underestimated, as is the evidence favoring the relationship between moral judgment and moral action. (Editor/RK)

Examines three contemporary approaches to moral education, (values clarification, situation ethics, and critical issues), to see how far they satisfy the ideal of open-mindedness. Finds that while all three seek to avoid indoctrination and present different alternatives to traditional moral education with its emphasis on absolute moral values, all…

Explains that the need for a regular program of moral education in Danish schools was first recognized in the 1970s. Discusses the doubts and problems which arose when practical implementations and student attitudes were considered. Examines what is, and what is not, possible in the introduction of moral education. (Author/GEA)

Durkheim's treatment of the emotional and dispositional aspects of morality are examined. It is argued that the cognitive developmental paradigm as developed by Kohlberg needs to be supplemented by several key Durkheimian insights about moral sentiments. (RM)

It is argued that the main function of English as a Second Language (ESL) in Britain is to maintain white power in the United Kingdom. Some of the processes and mechanics at work behind the benign ESL facade are explained. (Author/JDH)

Rawls' arguments in defence of his claim to derive principles of morality and justice from his hypothetical "original position" are critically examined and found to be unconvincing. (Editor)

Certain philosophically inadequate or unclear claims have been made for a connection between moral education and history or literature. Author argued that there is a central connection, concerned with the technique of sympathetic imagination, called Verstehen, which is used identically in moral, historical, and literary reasoning; and that certain…

Using step-wise multiple regression analyses, regression equations were generated for sixty school age subjects with choice and stage of moral reasoning on moral dilemmas as the dependent variables. The implications of the findings for further research and curriculum were discussed. (Editor/RK)

Article focused on general trends in adolescent moral growth. (Author/RK)

Explores the degree to which delinquents see academic success or failure as internally or externally controlled. (DM)

This article described the results of a study of children's moral judgments with the accent on the parents of some of these children. (Author/RK)

The hypotheses that moral judgment increases with age and that the maturity level of values and reasons for perceiving them as values increases with older age groups in the population of mentally subnormal children were tested. The hypotheses were only partially confirmed. (Author/AM)

Seventy-two sixth-grade Hausa Muslim boys, with moral reasoning at Kohlberg stages one and two, were presented with moral dilemmas requiring moral reasoning above their initial reasoning stages. Experimental subjects discussed dilemmas in small groups. Discussion produced significant shifts in moral reasoning of the subjects. (AM)

Confronts the social-psychological problem of the relation between values and persons in everyday life. A model meeting the requirements for describing a clear conception of the individual in a social setting, with seven components, is described and used to illustrate what "having values" might mean. Outlines three brief applications. (Editor/RK)